Texas 2019 - 86th Regular

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1	1		86R13100 SOS-F
2		-	By: Raney, Larson, Sheffield, Flynn, H.B. No. 3266
3		-	Bell of Montgomery, et al.
	2	+	By: Raney H.B. No. 3266
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6	5		A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
7	6		AN ACT
8	7		relating to fees charged to students enrolled at component
9	8		institutions of The Texas A&M University System.
10	9		BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
11	10		SECTION 1. Section 54.5032(a), Education Code, is amended
12	11		to read as follows:
13	12		(a) A student fee advisory committee is established at each
14	13		component institution of The Texas A&M University System to advise
15	14		the board of regents and the administration of the institution on
16	15		the type, amount, and expenditure of compulsory fees for student
17	16		services under Section 54.503, for student [health and] medical
18	17		services under Section 54.507, for student center facilities under
19	18		Section 54.521, and for recreational sports under Section 54.539.
20	19		SECTION 2. The heading to Section 54.507, Education Code,
21	20		is amended to read as follows:
22	21		Sec. 54.507. STUDENT [GROUP HOSPITAL AND] MEDICAL SERVICES
23	22		FEES; THE TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY SYSTEM.
24	23		SECTION 3. Sections 54.507(a), (b), (c), and (f), Education
25	24		Code, are amended to read as follows:
26	25		(a) The Board of Regents of The Texas A&M University System
27	26		may levy and collect from each student at any institution of higher
28	27		education which is a part of The Texas A&M University System a
29	28		compulsory student [group hospital and] medical services fee not to
30	29		exceed $200 [$75] for each regular semester and not to exceed $100
31	30		[$25] for each term of each summer session. The compulsory student
32	31		[group hospital and] medical services fee may not be levied unless
33	32		the levy of the fee has been approved by a majority vote of those
34	33		students at the affected institution participating in a general
35	34		student election called for that purpose.
36	35		(b) In addition to the fee authorized under Subsection (a)
37	36		[of this section], the Board of Regents of The Texas A&M University
38	37		System may levy and collect from each student registered at Prairie
39	38		View A&M University a supplemental student [group hospital and]
40	39		medical services fee not to exceed $30 for each regular semester and
41	40		not to exceed $12.50 for each term of the summer session. The
42	41		supplemental student [group hospital and] medical services fee may
43	42		not be levied unless the levy of the fee has been approved by a
44	43		majority vote of the students registered at Prairie View A&M
45	44		University participating in a general election called for that
46	45		purpose.
47	46		(c) A fee levied under this section at a component
48	47		institution of The Texas A&M University System may be used only to
49	48		finance, construct, operate, renovate, maintain, or improve new or
50	49		existing student medical facilities or provide [hospital or other]
51	50		medical services to students registered at that component
52	51		institution.
53	52		(f) An election under this section must also permit the
54	53		students to vote on whether student [hospital and] medical services
55	54		should be provided to students at the institution by the
56	55		institution or by a private entity. The vote by the students on the
57	56		responsibility for provision of student [hospital and] medical
58	57		services to students at the institution is not binding on the
59	58		institution.
60	59		SECTION 4. Sections 54.521(a) and (e), Education Code, are
61	60		amended to read as follows:
62	61		(a) The board of regents of The Texas A&M University System
63	62		may levy a regular, fixed student fee on each student enrolled in an
64	63		educational institution within The Texas A&M University System for
65	64		the purpose of acquiring, constructing, renovating, operating,
66	65		maintaining, improving, adding to, replacing, financing, and
67	66		equipping one or more student center facilities for the
68	67		institution. The board may set fees in amounts it considers just and
69	68		necessary but not to exceed $200 [$100] per student for each
70	69		semester for the long session and not to exceed $100 [$50] per
71	70		student for each term of the summer session, or any fractional part
72	71		of a session. The activities of a student center facility that may
73	72		be financed in whole or in part by the student center facility fee
74	73		are limited to those activities in which the entire student body is
75	74		eligible to participate. The financed activities may not be held
76	75		outside the territorial limits of any educational institution
77	76		within The Texas A&M University System.
78	77		(e) The amount of the fee authorized by this section may not
79	78		be increased from one academic year to the next by 10 percent or
80	79		more, unless the increase has been approved by a majority vote of
81	80		the students at the affected institution participating in a general
82	81		election called for that purpose or, if the amount of the fee
83	82		increase does not exceed 10 percent, the amount of the fee increase
84	83		has been approved by a majority vote of the board of regents taken
85	84		at a board meeting on the increase after giving students an
86	85		opportunity for public comment on the increase [except that at
87	86		Tarleton State University the fee may be increased by not more than
88	87		10 percent from one academic year to the next without holding an
89	88		election]. The fee may not exceed the maximum amounts provided by
90	89		Subsection (a).
91	90		SECTION 5. Sections 54.507 and 54.521, Education Code, as
92	91		amended by this Act, apply beginning with fees charged for the
93	92		2019-2020 academic year. A fee charged in an academic year before
94	93		that academic year is covered by the law in effect before the
95	94		effective date of this Act, and the former law is continued in
96	95		effect for that purpose.
97	96		SECTION 6. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
98	97		a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
99	98		provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
100	99		Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
101	100		Act takes effect September 1, 2019.